(bringing new readers up to speed) When it began to become clear that a horrific tragedy was unfolding at Virginia Tech University earlier this week, I did what a lot of bloggers did and looked to the blogs. I quickly… Continue Reading
One of the livejournal blogs I found yesterday and linked to from here contains the account of Kate, written by her friend Paul, and tells how a gunman entered her classroom at Norris Hall and began shooting. After the gunman… Continue Reading
Last week’s bloggers open house at the Daily Telegraph was quite interesting because much of the discussion ended up being about that achille’s heel of online community management: moderation. Participants in online discussions hate moderation. This is fairly easy to… Continue Reading
Justin Hall is often credited as being one of the first bloggers. Justin’s Links from the Underground, started as a sort of tour of the early internet turned into an intimate diary of his life. He stopped actively blogging because,… Continue Reading
Thursday 10:26 am 4/5/07 Originally uploaded by robinhamman. At this very moment I’m sitting at the table just inside the door at The Breakfast Club on D’Arlbay Street in Soho, London. You’d know this already if, like MisterSnappy, you were… Continue Reading
Mark Jones, Community Editor at Reuters, is explaining his roll. Last year, the company had a rude awakening to the power of blogs, when bloggers spotted a photo that had been faked by one of it’s photographers in the Middle… Continue Reading
social media marketing and advertising panel Originally uploaded by robinhamman. Anthony Mayfield started his introduction to the panel discussion by saying: “Without a desk in front of me, I feel as exposed as a brand in the blogosphere” We don’t,… Continue Reading
Michael Steckler, Business Planning and Development Director at Microsoft Advertising, is giving the afternoon keynote, which is about social networking – why people are using it, what brands can do there, etc. Social networking includes a wide array of sites,… Continue Reading
Simon McDermott is first up after Mike Butcher (mBites) welcomed the panel and said his new blog publishing start-up has a name that makes people think it’s a venereal disease. Simon, the CEO of Attentio, is talking about why companies… Continue Reading
blogging4business – london Originally uploaded by robinhamman. Lee Bryant from social software consultancy Headshift is leading the second panel of the morning, which includes Olivier Creiche from Six Apart. Olivier’s first slide quotes Bob Lutz, Vice Chairman, GM: “To blog… Continue Reading